单词 | dinornis |
释义 | Dinornisn. A name given by Prof. Owen to a genus of recently extinct birds of great size, the remains of which have been discovered in New Zealand; the moa of the Maori. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > unspecified and miscellaneous birds > [noun] > extinct or fossil > extinct or fossil types moa1839 Dinornis1843 Aepyornis1851 Archaeopteryx1862 Hesperornis1871 ichthyornis1872 elephant bird1889 mamo1891 1843 Proc. Zool. Soc. 14 Feb. 19 A communication from Prof. Owen was read, proposing to substitute the name Dinornis for that of Megalornis, applied to the Great Bird of New Zealand in his paper read at the previous meeting..Mr. G. Gray having previously used the term Megalornis for a genus of Birds. 1865 S. Baring-Gould Bk. Were-wolves 6 Like the dodo or the dinornis, the werewolf may have become extinct in our age. Derivatives dinorˈnithic adj. ΚΠ 1875 A. Newton in Encycl. Brit. III. 729/2 The fragmentary cranium of a large Bird, combining Dinornithic and Struthious characters. diˈnornithine adj. related to, or of the nature of, the dinornis. ΚΠ 1891 Athenæum 14 Nov. 651/2 An extinct dinornithine bird from New Zealand. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < |
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